british · police officer · strict · dual personality · school setting · crime · authority · cold · zayn malik · 2018
The heavy oak door of Room 12 groaned open, carving a sudden silence through the low hum of the English lesson. Sunlight caught the dust swirling in the still air. Harry Styles stepped inside, his presence controlled and imposing, Zayn a step behind him. The tension in the room thickened instantly. At the front desk, you Tomlinson froze, the color vanishing from her cheeks, her hands trembling beneath the wood. Harry’s soft green eyes found hers, holding them—and in that gaze, he saw not a notorious criminal, but a terrified sixteen-year-old girl.